Chicago Youth Rises From Paralysis After Four Day Ordeal
Alfred Frick the 22 year old Chicago worker showed signs of improvement after four days of continuous artificial respiration supplied by volunteers in shifts. Doctors reported faint bouts of natural breathing and the ability to sip nourishment and speak briefly, though the condition remained critical with lingering paralysis and fatigue.
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Chicago
Alfred Frick
Prick
Frick
Death's Door
Remains Carried for John Kernaghan Die in Tennessee
Chattanooga reports Mes. Barnett died yesterday after assisting in transporting the coffin of John Kernaghan who had died in Memphis. Littlejohn suffered a paralytic stroke last Thursday during the incident and died at his sister-in-law’s home in Bridgeport yesterday afternoon.
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Chattanooga
PJ W. PF
Littlejohn
John Kernaghan
Memphis
Mes. Barnett
Bridgeport
Weather unusual regional forecast Tennessee and Virginia
Tennessee forecast calls for fair weather with warmer readings in the west tonight and Friday, increasing cloudiness, and likely showers in extreme west and Friday night. Virginia shows fair skies Tonight and Friday with a notably warmer Friday. Readings taken at 6 pm by C L Bunm at the local weather station.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Uls
C. L. Bunm
Driver Kills Man Who Saved His Life
CHARLOTTE NY March 10 AP An alleged hit and run motorist who was saved from death by a railroad crossing watchman was unidentified today S D Boyd a 5 year old guard died after being struck while waving a red lantern to warn an oncoming train at the crossing He died en route to a hospital
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Charlotte
Ny. C
S. D. Boyd
Boyd
Horror reports from Japan after deadly quake strike
March 10 Tokyo dispatch outlines a vast disaster with 2,300 killed and 3,500 injured. Destruction includes toppled homes, fires and blocked railways. Homeless may reach 50,000 to 75,000 as relief efforts struggle through flooded roads and severe winter conditions.
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Tokyo
Home Office
Germany to Question Evacuation of Rhine
Geneva dispatch reports German Foreign Secretary Dr. Stressemann told reporters Germany will officially raise the Rhine evacuation issue. He said foreign troops on German soil violate the peace condition and are not in line with current peace.
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Geneva
Germany
Stressemann
Tennessee Water Power Committee Plans National Tour
The Tennessee water power committee led by Senator John Shelton outlined a trip to Washington to discuss federal jurisdiction over unnavigable streams and a visit to New York to study its water power system. The panel seeks authority to regulate dam building on unnavigable streams and to confer with Governor Al Smith, with Attorney General L. D. Smith accompanying.
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New York
Gov
al Smith
Nashville
Tenn
Water Power Committee
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Water Power Commission
John Shelton
Hardin County
Tennessee
L. D. Smith
Highway Problems Will Be Discussed
Chattanooga officials and directors of four principal routes plan a May 16 17 conference to discuss southern highway construction maintenance and improvements. The Lookout Mountain Air Line the Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway the Dixie Highway and the Lee Highway will be represented along with delegates from southern states and invited northern states.
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Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain Airline
Cincinnati
Lookout Mountain
Birmingham
Montgomery
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Saulte Ste Marie
Mich
Miami
Florida
New York
San Diego
Calironia
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
North Carolina
Tennessee National Guard Praised as Best Company
Jackson Tenn March 10 Captain R D Ennis D O L 1 of Atlanta Ga rated company L of the Tennessee National Guard as very satisfactory the highest rating. He praised the men and officers noting he had been a regular army captain for ten years and still regarded the unit as the best he had seen.
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Jackson, Tenn
Tennessee National Guard
National Guard
R. D. Ennis
D. O. Ll
Atlanta
Ennis
Company L
Elmer Gantry drawn as satire of commercialized religion
William Allen White of EmporiaKansas condemns Sinclairs Elmer Gantry as a biting satire on commercialized religion. He says the novel convincingly traces a country town youth to a seminary where the figure is a hypocrite thief liar and seducer before repentance. White notes the work says much yet may not impress where it should act.
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Kansas City
Sinclix
Gowis’ Kutest
Elmer Gantry
Wiliam Allen White
Emporia
Kansas
Lewis
Marsial
Nansag City
White
Gantry
Theological ‘Seminary
Salary reforms glow in subcommittee budget plan
Nashville Tenn March 1007 salary discussion features sub committee session drafting the big budget bill for state government next two years. Chief state inspector salary raised to 3500, chief factory inspector to 3000, state hotel inspector to 2400, workmen's compensation head to 4000. two new fire prevention stenographers added. Some salaries cut or removed, expenses cut, and other adjustments across divisions. Also notes highway department salary plan and Navy Curtis speech at Joliet defending US forces deployment to Nicaragua.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nate Ways
Tthe
State Department of Labor
Pada
Division of Fire Prevention
Division of Workmen's Compensation
Tounesesy Industrial School
State Department of Institutions
C. Neal Buss
Missionary Reports on China Work at South Meet
Miss Asther Case, secretary of foreign missions, Methodist Episcopal Church South, told the seventeenth annual meeting of the women's missionary council that Methodist missions abroad prospered despite earthquakes and wars. She reported all missionaries in China were safe and noted annual income of 1,120,329 dollars, with the Belle Bennett memorial fund completing a 600,000 dollar drive for new buildings at Scaritts college in Nashville.
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Shreveport
China
Miss Asther Case
Women's Department
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Women’s Missionary Council
Miss Case
Methodist
Central Mission Board
Ina Davis Fulton
2A Fulton
Belle Bennett
Scartitts College
Nashvillanc
Father Attacks Family With Axe and Poison in Tacoma
A Tacoma man Harold Jensen attacked his wife and two children with an axe and hammer as they slept. He drank poison and died. His nine year old son Richard died in hospital. daughter Marriet was near death. The surviving child is the only other family member alive. Jensen had been released recently from Western State Hospital for the insane.
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Tacoma
Wash
Richard
Harold Jensen
Jensen
Marriet
Western State Hospital
Ground broken for new Legion billet in Bristol
Ground has been broken for the American Legion billet at Pressmen's Home to aid twenty ex service men orphans. Major George L. Berry of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union says construction will start soon and the first unit will be built in Little Happy Valley of America. Senator Kenneth McKellar and Major Le Roy Reeves left Bristol for nearby cities after spending the night, with McKellar commenting on Senate filibusters and noting opposition by Reed Moses and Phipps to a continued investigation committee.
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United States
Legion
Twin City
Men’s
Tenn
Memphis
Nashville
American Legion
Pressmen’s Home
Geo. L. Berry
International Printing
Pressmen’s and Assistants Union of North America
Guy H. May
Major Berry
Happy Valley of America
Bristol
Tens
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
LeRoy Reeves
Johnson City
Elizabethton
Erwin
Greeneville
Morristown
Senator McKellar
McKellar
Senate
Ware
Smith
Reed
Pennsylvania
Moses
New Hampshire
Phipps
Colorado
Missouri
South
Wadsworth
Negro shot by police in Chattanooga burglary arrest
Robert Bettis, a 20 year old black man, was shot and killed by Policeman Dodson in Chattanooga after resisting arrest for burglary and allegedly attacking with a knife. Two teenage accomplices, James Kimbrough aged 17 and Willard Brown aged 15, are jailed for attempting to rob a butcher shop.
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Chattanuoya
Tenn
Robert Bettis
Dodson
Bettis
James Kimbrough
Will Williard
Brown
Bond Jumper Caught in Chattanooga After Chase
Sam Brown alias Alvin Brown aged 38, wanted in Loudon County Tennessee Asheville North Carolina and Canton North Carolina, was located in Ringgold Georgia and brought to Harriman by Chief Roy Dicker and Deputy Adkisson. He is held for Loudon County on charges of jumping a $1,000 bond and swindling farmers out of cattle worth $3,000.
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Chattanooga
Sam Brown
Alvin Brown
Loudon County
Tennessee
Asheville
N. G
Canton
N. C
Harriman
Roy Dickerson
Adkisson
Brown
Ringgold
Loudon
Barn Burn Destruction Near Lynchburg Farm
A large barn on Lem Marlow’s farm near Lynchburg Moore County burned last night. Fire origin unknown. Equipment and stock including two males three cows and several calves were lost.
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Chattanooga
Lem Marlow
Lynchburg
Moore County
Trains Blocked by Colorado Storms
A blizzard in southern Colorado delayed trains and blocked highways, halting service from Durango to Denver while marooning passengers in Chama New Mexico. Colorado mountain passes remained blocked as crews faced ongoing danger from slides and isolation of Silverton and Burke towns.
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Denver
Colorado
San Juan Valley
Denver and
Rio, Grande Western
Durango
Chama
New Mexico
Telluride
Silverton
Burkea
County Agents Meet in Chattanooga Conference
Twenty county and farm demonstration agents of the third district met in Chattanooga Tennessee on March 10 for yearlong work plans. Experts delivered talks on agricultural and dairy topics and demonstration subjects for the coming year.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Birmingham Southern Seeks 2 1 2 Miles Of City Rail Line
Washington March 10 The Birmingham Southern railroad part of the Tennessee Coal and Iron system asked the interstate commerce commission to allow construction of 2 1 2 miles of new track within Birmingham Alabama to handle increasing steel traffic.
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Washington
Birmingham Southern Railroad
Tennessee Corl and Ron Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Birmingham
Alabama
Kingsport Man Fin ed on Criminal Charge in Hawkins
Charles Martin of Kingsport faced Hawkins County Circuit Court on charges of attempted violation of the age of consent. A jury recommended a $100 fine and three months in jail after roughly six hours of deliberation. The trial, heard before Judge H Tyler Campbell, involved about 15 witnesses and covered events from the fall of 1926 when Martin and two others allegedly took three young girls from Kingsport to Knoxville and back.
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Times
Rogersville
Charles Martin
Kingsport
Hawkins County
H. Tyler Campbell
Rial
Martin
W. T. Coleman
Ralph Worley
W. Margraves
Shelburne Ferguson
Bob Coleman
Phillips
Knoxville
Ola Warraint
Monument to motherhood planned by Berry School
Atlanta March 10 Berry School plans a monument to motherhood in the form of a mother’s building to aid unprivileged children. A $200000 campaign is launched with a shrine room featuring a living tribute and a family Bible on a central table. Ground breaking is set for April 20 to mark Miss Martha Berry’s 25 years as founder.
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Atlanta
Berry School
Marthat Berry
Two Killed in Fire at Amarillo Hotel Annex
In Amarillo Texas on March 1042 a fire destroyed a hotel annex killing Mrs Benito Gonzales and her infant daughter. The mother died in the morning while the baby perished in the blaze. Captain Gray an engineering officer at Scottfield was reported to have become unconscious at 27000 feet but regained senses as a gas bag drops and lands safely.
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Amarillo
Texas
Benito Gonzales
Gray
Scottfield
Tls
Fliver Plays Big Role in Weepah West Gold Rush
In Weepah Nevada March 10 a new gold boom town with tents and dreams thrives on the fliver a battered auto that climbs sandy hills amid a wave of speculation. Miners rise before dawn to reach claims as water becomes scarce at ten cents a gallon in this frontier scene.
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Fliver
Tonopah
Nev
Weepah
Dusit
Donse
Tono
Pan
West
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